Question

If the angular size of the moon in the sky is 30 arc-minute, and the angular size of the sun in the sky is 32 arc-minute, what kind of solar eclipse would an earth-based observer witness, assuming the observer is perfectly aligned with the sun and moon?

Answer 1

The answer is annular solar eclipse. This starts when the Moon houses the Sun's midpoint, leaving the Sun's noticeable outside edges to make a “ring of fire” or annulus in the opposite direction of the Moon. The ring of fire results the all-out stage of an annular solar eclipse. Solar eclipses occur when the Moon companies a sleuth on Earth.